Talk:New York City Board of Estimate

Although the proportion of votes is the same, the actual number of votes for each member was twice what the article lists. That is, four for each of the city-wide offices and two for each Borough President. At least that's what was consistently reported by the media from the mid-1970s, when I first started paying attention, through the end of the BoE. Dvd Avins (talk) 04:44, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

It changed from time to time. This article of NYTimes was from a time when the Beeps for Manhattan and Brooklyn had two votes each, the others one, and the three citywides (including President of Board of Aldermen Alfred E. Smith) three each. Every source I can find gives the 1-1-1-1-1, 2-2-2 formula as the final one abolished by the Federal case. Jim.henderson (talk) 01:16, 31 July 2010 (UTC)

Powers passed to City Council
The article states that most of the Board of Estimate's powers were passed on to the City Council after 1990. I'm pretty sure this is not correct. They got some additional land use powers and the power to approve a budget proposed by the mayor, but pretty much all of the BoE's prior budget, franchise, and contracting authority went to the Mayor. Psychlist (talk) 20:14, 7 June 2013 (UTC)